A new Vimeo upload featured on Gizmodo gives a home tour of a converted Nazi bunker. The concrete compound was originally designed to protect 3,000 people during Berlin air raids in 1942, but is now home to art collectors Karen and Christian Boros and their children.
The Boros Residence is full of art both contemporary and not. One piece was originally in the possession of the first Medici pope before the Vatican sold it. The sprawling house features 80 rooms, a three foot thick ceiling and six feet thick walls. Decorated by Jens Casper, the home was featured in a tour filmed by ArchDaily. The 80 rooms are often open to the public (the Boros family lives in the penthouse), should you ever find yourself in Berlin and would like to visit.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Bunker Conversion
- Opportunity for architects and builders to repurpose underground spaces with unique designs, creating a new market for underground luxury living and commercial spaces.
- Art in Unconventional Spaces
- Opportunity for artists to create large-scale installations and exhibitions in unconventional spaces such as bunkers, caves, and other underground locations.
- Historical Preservation
- Opportunity for historic preservation efforts to focus on repurposing unused historical structures such as bunkers and forts as a new form of adaptive reuse.
Where This Applies
- Architecture
- Architects can specialize in the redesign of unique spaces such as bunkers and other underground structures, creating new markets for luxury underground living and commercial spaces.
- Art and Design
- Artists and designers can explore new opportunities to showcase their work in unconventional, unique spaces like bunkers and other underground areas.
- Historical Preservation and Conservation
- Historical preservation experts can focus their efforts on repurposing unused historical structures such as bunkers and forts, turning them into new forms of adaptive reuse and preservation while creating new revenue streams.
